[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 89764] New: Prefer PluginDocument over MediaDocument

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89764

           Summary: Prefer PluginDocument over MediaDocument
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML DOM
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: dsd at laptop.org
                CC: eric.carlson at apple.com, pnormand at igalia.com


Currently, WebCore/dom/DOMImplementation.cpp createDocument() prefers MediaDocument over PluginDocument for a file loaded by clicking on a link such as <a href="foo.ogg">link</a>

For OLPC, this is not ideal: we have already-deployed content shipped in this way, but the inbuilt WebKit media support does not use Xv hardware acceleration (and seems to be moving even further away from that, towards OpenGL). This means that the video playback is so choppy that videos are un-watchable.

It also seems that in the general case, there would be some value in letting the user/deployer have power here to define which technologies are used for media playback.

Preferring PluginDocument over MediaDocument, a simple reordering of the code, would solve such issues in the same way that plugins can be used for SVG. Would this be acceptable? Patch coming up.

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